Medieval Mystics

Celebrate the impact women have made in our culture: This feminist book is a beacon of brilliance. It is the perfect gift for artists, intellectuals, and anyone who seeks to be inspired by words and profound lives. Most of all, it is a celebration of the journeys and accomplishments of women who have worked to have their voices heard in black and white letters across the world.

Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife charts the lives and times of four medieval women writers—Marie de France, a poet; Julian of Norwich, a mystic and anchoress; Christine de Pizan, a widow and court writer; and Margery Kempe, a no-good wife—who all bucked convention and forged their own paths. Largely forgotten by modern readers, these women have an astonishing amount to teach us about love, marriage, motherhood, friendship, and earning a living.

Christian Mysticism - Contemplative Spirituality - Desert Fathers - Medieval Mystics - Christian Prayer - Monastic Wisdom - Spiritual Formation - Mystical Theology What if the deepest Christian tradition is not a flight from the world, but a journey into the heart of love, silence, prayer, and transformation? Christian Mysticism Made Easy is a complete 4-book box for readers who want to understand one of the most profound spiritual currents in Christianity without getting lost in obscure language, sensational claims, or academic complexity. This collection opens the doors to a world where ...

In the darkest hour of the darkest age, Christian monks developed a meditation tradition unique in the Western world. A 14th-century author described their profound mystical experience as entering the cloud of unknowing. Yet during the 500 years after this great monastic flowering, this precious...

Read by the author. Jesus through Medieval Eyes will take you on an exploration of medieval representations of Jesus in theology and literature. Who is Jesus? What is he like? And who am I, encountering Jesus? These questions were just as important to Christians in the Middle Ages as they are...

Life and times of the 14th century German spiritual leader Meister Eckhart, whose theory of a personal path to the divine inspired thinkers from Jean Paul Sartre to Thomas Merton, and most recently, Eckhart Tolle Meister Eckhart was a medieval Christian mystic whose wisdom powerfully appeals to...

In the darkest hour of the darkest age, Christian monks developed a meditation tradition unique in the Western world. A 14th-century author described their profound mystical experience as entering the cloud of unknowing. Yet during the 500 years after this great monastic flowering, this precious...

There is a kind of love the world will punish you for having. You have probably learned to keep yours at a manageable size. Most people do. You have felt the exact moment when the true thing was about to come out of your mouth and you chose the safer sentence instead, and nothing happened, and that was the whole problem. In twelfth-century Persia, a scholar named Ayn al-Qudat Hamadani never learned how to do that. He came from a family of judges. His grandfather had held that office and had been executed for it. His father had held it and had died violently. Ayn al-Qudat inherited their ...

Unlock the wisdom of two monumental figures in Christian history with "The Monk and the Mystic: Anselm and Ignatius." This unique volume seamlessly blends the intellectual brilliance of Anselm of Canterbury with the transformative spiritual practices of St. Ignatius, offering a rich tapestry of faith, reason, and devotion. Delve into Medieval Thought: Discover Anselm’s profound impact on medieval theology, where faith and reason coalesce in a harmonious pursuit of divine truth. Transform Your Spiritual Life: Experience the timeless spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius, crafted to deepen ...

Are you brave enough to enter a world where the line between reality and nightmare is impossibly thin? The Horror Files beckons you into a realm where legends stir from the past, and every corner hides a terror waiting to strike. This is no ordinary collection, it's a descent into darkness, where fear takes on many faces, and no secret stays buried for long. Ancient myths claw their way into the present. Unsolved mysteries evolve into chilling realities. Brutal horrors of today collide with the restless whispers of forgotten legends. With 18 heart-pounding stories, The Horror Files will ...

What if God is not found by saying more—but by learning when words must fall silent? For centuries, the mysterious writer known as Pseudo-Dionysius shaped Christian mysticism, sacred theology, contemplative prayer, and the language of divine mystery. His writings taught generations of believers that God can be truly known, yet never fully captured by names, images, doctrines, or ideas. Pseudo-Dionysius for Beginners makes this profound tradition clear, accessible, and deeply rewarding for modern readers. Whether you are new to Christian mysticism or already drawn to apophatic theology, ...

This book deals with the lives of three saints of the fourteenth century India who in succession managed to captivate the masses by their pious lives and spiritual powers. Though there were other great Sufis in their time but they stood out as gems among the jewels. One left his promising career of an accomplished scholar, one spent a good number of years of his life in the jungle and one renounced the throne and left his kingship. They did so in order to quench their spiritual thirst and gain intimacy with the Almighty. And their respective names were Hazrat Khwaja Mohammed Nizamuddin ...

What if one of Christianity’s most powerful guides to mercy, repentance, and spiritual healing has been waiting for you for more than a thousand years? Saint Gregory of Narek was a tenth-century Armenian monk, poet, theologian, and mystic whose words transformed personal anguish into prayer. His masterpiece, the Book of Lamentations, speaks with astonishing honesty about guilt, suffering, fear, hope, and the soul’s longing to return to God. Now, Saint Gregory of Narek for Beginners makes his remarkable life and spiritual wisdom accessible to modern readers—without requiring any prior ...

Traces the journey of Otto Rahn, the occultist and one-time SS member who sought the Holy Grail and traveled widely throughout Europe as a researcher until his mysterious death in 1939 Explores the modern legacy of the officially heretical Christian sect known as the Cathars Follows...

What if death was not the end… but the beginning of something far more terrifying—and more extraordinary—than anything we have ever imagined? In Christina the Astonishing: The Nun Who Defied Death and Revealed the Hidden Realms of Heaven and Hell, you are drawn into one of the most shocking and mysterious true accounts in religious history—a story so bizarre, so unsettling, and so profound that it has challenged belief for over eight centuries. Born in 12th-century Belgium, Christina Mirabilis lived an ordinary life—until the day she died. At her funeral, as mourners gathered in a...

The Forbidden Manuscript That Cost Its Author Her Life On June 1, 1310, Marguerite Porete was burned at the stake in Paris. Her crime was not a deed, but a book. The Mirror of Simple Souls was so radical, so dangerously free, that Church authorities attempted to erase it from history. Yet the text survived—copied in secret, translated anonymously, passed hand to hand by those who recognized its truth. This book is not theology. It is not doctrine. It is a map of inner freedom. Written for seekers who sense that surrender—not effort—is the final path, The Mirror of Simple Souls ...

FAIRACRES PUBLICATIONS 085 In ‘Eight Chapters on Perfection’ the humanity and wisdom of Walter Hilton are revealed, as he explores the possibilities of friendship and love between those drawn to prayer. In ‘Angels’ Song’ this fourteenth-century English mystic considers how in the spiritual life the action of grace can be distinguished from illusion. Walter Hilton was born c. 1340-5. Little is known of his life, but it is believed that he studied at Cambridge, pursued a legal and administrative career, attempted the solitary life, and finally discovered his true vocation as an ...

What would you love, if you were not afraid? You have bargained with love your whole life. Given it where it was safe. Held it back where the cost got too high. You called that wisdom, or self-protection, or simply the way the world works. And somewhere underneath, so far down you rarely look, you have wondered what would be left of you if you stopped bargaining. Twelve hundred years ago, a woman in Basra stopped. The tradition says Rabia al-Adawiyya was born into a poverty so complete there was no oil in the house on the night she arrived. That she was orphaned by famine, seized on a road,...

Bloomsbury presents Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women by Hetta Howes, read by Amy Noble 'A welcome addition to medieval history, giving us a window into the lives of women that many people only know by name, if at all.' PHILIPPA GREGORY, author of The Other...

'I was completely hooked and considerably moved by the life and thoughts of this exceptional woman' - JEREMY IRONS 'It is as if we have finally found the lost autobiography of one of the medieval world's most important women.' - JANINA RAMIREZ 'A beautiful, intensely moving achievement' - A.N...